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The Man Who Laughed at Sonny Bill
The Man Who Laughed at Sonny Bill
Chauncy Welliver was a real-life Rocky — short, overweight but with a chin of iron and heart of a lion. Somehow he became a contender…
Peter Malcouronne
Mar 25, 2016
Brotherhood of Battlers
Brotherhood of Battlers
For more than two years rugby league’s racked up record losses on the field, record financial losses for the NZRL and a trail of scandals…
Peter Malcouronne
Mar 27, 2016
Mother of all Battles
Mother of all Battles
When Peter Malcouronne’s mother died of motor neurone disease six months ago, she was convinced her illness was one of a “cluster” of cases…
Peter Malcouronne
Sep 18, 2016
Cuttin’ for your country
Cuttin’ for your country
Woodchopping used to be must-watch television — like Top Town, Mastermind and It’s In The Bag. But while the sport has lost its profile…
Peter Malcouronne
Mar 27, 2016
The Running Man
The Running Man
In the 1960s, Arthur Lydiard’s proteges ruled the running world. One, the versatile Bill Baillie, is still competing.
Peter Malcouronne
Dec 30, 2018
My Boy!
My Boy!
What happens when you learn your father is dying of cancer. Peter Malcouronne went on a voyage of discovery with his remarkable father…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 19, 2017
The Road to Sedition
The Road to Sedition
He put an axe through the Prime Minister’s electorate office window. He called unsuccessful suicides losers. He was charged with sedition.
Peter Malcouronne
Mar 26, 2016
The Price of Progress
The Price of Progress
Peter Malcouronne revisits Glen Eden — where the orchards and pine forests of his west Auckland childhood have given way to urban sprawl —…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 10, 2016
Who’s Counting?
Who’s Counting?
Economic growth. It’s the Holy Grail — the best promise of a better tomorrow. Yet for 20 years Marilyn Waring has been railing against the…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 12, 2016
Unofficial State Photographer
Unofficial State Photographer
Pretty much everyone who’s world famous in New Zealand has sat for Jane Ussher (along with thousands of ordinary luminaries). Three weeks…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 12, 2016
A Dog’s Show
A Dog’s Show
New Zealanders boast one of the highest dog ownership rates in the world — one third of households own at least one dog and 300 kennel…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 22, 2016
The Legend of Captain Starlite
The Legend of Captain Starlite
He is — by some margin— the greatest DJ in New Zealand history. Thousands of nervous first kisses have taken place under his watch. Now, in…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 16, 2016
Unite and Fight
Unite and Fight
He was once the most revered — and reviled man — in New Zealand. Jock Barnes, the uncompromising Watersiders leader of 1951, talks to Peter…
Peter Malcouronne
Jan 23, 2017
Looking for Love
Looking for Love
From Whangarei to Whangamata, from Oban to Oamaru and even (for God’s sake) Germany, they came, looking for love in the Central Otago town…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 22, 2016
Bard Boys
Bard Boys
What do you get when you throw together six burly Pasifikan teens from South Auckland? Class stage actors who think that Shakespeare’s the…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 12, 2016
North v South
North v South
The South Island’s home to grumpy, grunting, emotionally-retarded Blue Stratos users. The North’s full of narcissistic Douchelords. Peter…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 16, 2016
An Audience with The Needle
An Audience with The Needle
In 2011, Peter Malcouronne talked Total Rugby with Fred Allen, the unbeaten All Blacks coach. It was one of The Needle’s final interviews.
Peter Malcouronne
Oct 28, 2015
Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers
In 2004, Sekope Kepu led the Wesley College 1st XV into the knock-out stages of the national schools rugby competition.
Peter Malcouronne
Oct 28, 2015
Working Class Heroes
Working Class Heroes
Their jobs are dirty, dangerous and often overlooked. Peter Malcouronne meets the people with some of the toughest jobs in town.
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 12, 2016
Two London Stories
Two London Stories
If you’re tired of London goes the old trope, you’re tired of life. A weary Peter Malcouronne recounts two yarns from turn-of-the-century…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 21, 2016
Why Don’t We Just Burn It All?
Why Don’t We Just Burn It All?
There’s a war going on for control of New Zealand’s rubbish. With ever-larger convoys laden with bales of dead bottles heading off for…
Peter Malcouronne
Feb 9, 2016
Comrades : the death of Ray Nunes
Comrades : the death of Ray Nunes
For decades the sight of an old man in an oversized jersey, excoriating capitalist roaders from his soapbox, was something Auckland…
Peter Malcouronne
Jan 23, 2017
Homage to Boganvillea
Homage to Boganvillea
Peter Malcouronne returns to the West Auckland steppes — the land of hard rock, home brew and a car called Punani.
Peter Malcouronne
Dec 14, 2015
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